Students Collect 77 Spanish Exam Medals

Spanish students brought home the lauds in the 2014 National Spanish Examinations – 24 gold, 24 silver, and 29 bronze medals. “Our students exceeded the national averages in grammar and vocabulary at all levels, and in both reading comprehension and listening comprehension in levels 1, 2, and 4,” Mr. Ken Stacey, Spanish instructor, said. “In […]

Bradley Named Gates Scholar

Senior Kameron Bradley was shocked when he learned he had been selected for a Gates Millennium Scholarship, a program that would provide funds for him to attend any accredited college or university in the United States, connect him with outstanding educational and networking resources, and even offer graduate school fellowship opportunities. “It was too surreal […]

Students Honored with Special Awards

At the annual Special Awards and Honor Societies Induction April 16, 10 students received community and collegiate book awards in recognition of scholastic achievement, leadership, and community service. Faculty, administration, MUS alumni, and special guests presented the awards. Mr. George Clark ’75, a Sewanee alumnus, presented junior Griffin Wilson with the Sewanee Book Award, which […]

IT’S AN HONOR: Honor Societies Induct New Members April 16

FOREIGN LANGUAGE HONOR SOCIETIES Instructors in the Foreign Language Department recognize students who have excelled in the study of French, Spanish, and Latin through three national language honorary societies: Société Honoraire de Français, Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica, and Latin Honor Society. The modern language societies reserve membership for those who have completed a minimum of five […]

Four Commended in Latin Writing

Four Latin students have received commendation in the Bernice L. Fox Classics Writing Contest: seniors Salman Haque and Stephen Pacheco, and juniors Jack Hawkins and Kamar Mack. This annual writing contest is administered by the Department of Classics at Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL. This year’s topic was “Twelve Modern Labors of Hercules: What twelve labors […]

Duke’s TIP Recognizes 14 Students

Lower School students Ethan Hurst, Akaash Padmanabha, and Jet Tan earned nationwide Grand Recognition in Duke University’s Talent Identification Program. They were also among 14 Owls whose SAT and ACT scores placed them among Tennessee’s highest scoring middle school students, including Mac Coleman, David Holmes, J.J. Johnson, Kaedmon Penney, William Quinlen, Zuhair Somjee, Loyd Templeton, […]

Economics Students First in State

The Owl EconChallenge team of Witt Hawkins, Grayson Lee, and Zack Spisak took first place in the state economics competition March 21 at Tennessee State University in Nashville. They competed against 28 teams in the preliminary, online round of the David Ricardo division, for students who have taken one semester of introductory or general, combined macroeconomics […]

National Honor Society Inducts 42

During a solemn, traditional ceremony in chapel, members of the MUS Chapter of the National Honor Society called out the names of 42 inductees, who made their way to the front of the chapel to receive their certificates. For many – if they had not spotted family members in the audience – the announcement came […]